This article on Stuff by Hamish Rutherford caught my eye: “Greens pro-market: Russel Norman“:
Russel Norman says he is more of a disciple of market forces than is the National Party.
The major issues of sustainability can be solved by setting the right incentives and prices, he says.
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However, Norman said he was a strong believer in market solutions.
“If you look at the Greens, or at least our policies, they are pro-market,” Norman said.
“Lower company tax rates, price signals for carbon – let the market resolve the issue.”
The Green proposal for a Green investment bank, which would use state capital to invest in renewable companies “is identical to what [British Prime Minister] David Cameron set up for the UK”.
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Norman said National chose which motorways to favour for political reasons, without properly conducting cost-benefit analyses, while the approach to tax credits was a test “of whether [Economic Development Minister] Steven Joyce likes your company”.
“Everyone says National doesn’t pick winners … but if you look at what they’re actually doing, they’re not pro-market, they’re Muldoonist.”
Howdy stranger 